Should You Fear the Sun? & Is There Anything to Astrology?
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What is the wrong way to encourage kids to eat healthy?
Today on Something You Should Know, the wrong thing to say if you want your kids to eat healthy. Then, have the dangers of sun exposure been overblown? What about the benefits of sunshine? And what's the connection between sunscreen and skin cancer?
You're going to get me in so much trouble on this one. This is a hotly debated topic. Most studies that have been done that have looked at use of sunscreen and skin cancer end up showing that more sunscreen use correlates with higher rates of skin cancer.
Also, if you think wearing horizontal stripes makes you look heavy, think again. And astrology.
Have the dangers of sun exposure been overblown?
Science has disproved it, but millions of people still follow it.
Most people know or have access to the information that science has disproved astrology. But most of them have a personal experience with astrology that seems very convincing on an emotional level.
What are the benefits of sunshine that we often overlook?
All this today on Something You Should Know.
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What is the connection between sunscreen and skin cancer?
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Something you should know. Fascinating intel. The world's top experts. And practical advice you can use in your life. Today, Something You Should Know with Mike Carruthers.
Have you ever begged a child to eat your broccoli because it's good for you? Don't do that. Don't ever do that. And I'll tell you why. I'm Mike Carruthers and welcome to Something You Should Know. So if you've ever asked a child to eat their beans or their carrots because it's good for you, you may have actually just talked them out of it. Research has found that preschoolers often believe that healthy food and tasty food are never the same thing. So when adults say carrots will make you strong, smart, and healthy, kids become less interested in eating them. In experiments, children actually ate less food when it was described as healthy than when the exact same food was described as tasty. Why? Well, young children seem to think food has one job.
Either it tastes good or it's good for you, but not both. So the moment you start selling the health benefits, they assume the flavor must be the sacrifice. The takeaway for parents is surprisingly simple. Skip the nutrition lecture. Just put the vegetables on the plate, eat them yourself, and if you say anything at all, tell your children they're delicious. Sometimes the fastest way to get a kid to eat a carrot is to stop explaining why they should. And that is something you should know. To hear people talk, you would think that going out in the sun is about the worst thing you could possibly do for all sorts of reasons. And if you do go out, you better slather on the sunscreen if you know it's good for you.
Curiously, the use of sunscreen is at an all-time high, and so is the rate of skin cancer. That seems odd to me. Sunlight has a lot of benefits that we seldom hear about. For example, it's an excellent source of vitamin D, but you have to go out in the sun to get it, and if you do, your skin can't be covered in sunscreen. The point is that the blanket advice of stay out of the sun as much as you can may not be very good advice at all. And here to explain all this is journalist Rowan Jacobson. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Scientific American, National Geographic, and many other places. He's the author of a book called In Defense of Sunlight, The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure.
Hey, Rowan, welcome to Something You Should Know. Hey, Mike, really fun to be here. So as someone who grew up as a kid being out in the sun quite a bit, I've noticed that in the last, I don't know, was it 30 years, maybe 40 years, there has been this shift that from go out and be in the sun to be afraid of the sun, that the sun is dangerous, that sun exposure is going to kill you.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the wrong way to encourage kids to eat healthy?
0:02–0:40
2
Have the dangers of sun exposure been overblown?
0:40–0:57
3
What are the benefits of sunshine that we often overlook?
0:57–1:16
4
What is the connection between sunscreen and skin cancer?
1:16–19:46
5
Why has the perception of sun exposure changed over the years?
19:46–24:00
6
What does science say about the health benefits of sunlight?
24:00–47:08
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